Milk: why the white stuff leaves a bad taste in the mouth

    Unsurprisingly, this pressure to expand has created a number of environmental and welfare problems, which even the industry itself admits are becoming critical. In the high-yielding breeds used to produce milk today, a cow produces more than ten times the milk she would need to feed her calf. The push to create higher [...]

5 Hottest New Superfoods

    And they are Sykr, Teff, Cupuacu, Black Garlic and Chia Seeds. Come on, you know you want to find out more, since you already know how to spell them! via Shape Magazine.

Food price spike preceded Arab Revolution

    While few predicted the Arab Revolution, there was plenty of warning. The last time world food prices spiked, in 2008, violent riots broke out across the developing world, including in Egypt. Then, in January, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s Food Price Index reached the highest levels on record, up 20% on last [...]

Mark Bittman: Is ‘Eat Real Food’ Unthinkable?

But the goal is not universal veganism, which is pie-in-the-sky; it’s health and sustainability. And we get there by preparing real food, vegan or not. (Remember: Coke, Tostitos and Reese’s Peanut Butter Puffs — yum! — are all vegan.) The answer is not fake animal products, whose advocates argue that they’re transitional to a kinder-to-animal [...]

Disgusting Photos of Hospital Food Used to Demand Change

Hospitals are meant to be places of healing, but sometimes just even looking at the food can make you sicker. It’s time for every hospital—no matter where they are situated, or what communities they serve—to step up and understand that good food can indeed be medicine, and that bad food can impact much more than [...]

Eating sharks’ fins for Chinese New Year is bad luck

OK, we made that up. But so are dozens of customs that purport to usher prosperity and longevity into our lives. The fact of the matter is this – sharks’ fins do not add any flavour to your soup – it’s the other ingredients that make the soup taste what it tastes like. Stay away [...]

China warns of pressure on food supply in next 5 years

Chen Xiaohua, a vice agricultural minister, said he expected China’s consumption of grains to grow by 4 billion kgs a year between 2011 to 2015. Consumption of vegetable oil will grow by 800,000 tonnes a year over that period, while meat demand will rise by 1 million tonnes annually. “Our country is facing great pressure [...]